I purchased a cone just in case it was needed. Eddee has never licked his stitches ... not once ... but every dog is different. I did not walk Eddee until today ... tonight will be his first real walk. I kept him crated for 60% of the day for the first three days. I just tried to keep him as quiet as possible for the first week and like I say ... I could not keep him still! If the vet had seen him jumping on the furniture he would have had a fit! I just am lucky. Eddee is a live wire!Thanks,guys. Did anyone have an issue with the dog trying to bite his stitches? How did you handle that? Do you keep the area covered? Do you have to put anything on it? My vet says he gives pain meds so they don't bite at themselves. He says as long as they can't feel it, they won't try to bite at it. Makes sense..
I doubt I'll be able to keep this boy quiet for very long. He follows us everywhere and is always ready to play. Are there any restrictions on walking? We have tons of dogs in our neighborhood and I'm worried about his trying to play with them. I'll probably try to keep him out back and away from all dogs for those two weeks.
We didn't cone Kodi (who was neutered a little over a week ago). Our vet said that the stitches are only there for the owners benefit because they don't want to see the opening and our vet doesn't even have any cones for dogs because of that. Our vet automatically gives each neutered dog a shot of antibiotic and said it was okay if Kodi ripped his stitches out. Yes, Kodi ripped out a chunk of his stitches, but he hasn't had any harmful side affects of that, his incision looks good now and he isn't even very sore unless he goes for a long stretch.Thanks,guys. Did anyone have an issue with the dog trying to bite his stitches? How did you handle that? Do you keep the area covered? Do you have to put anything on it? My vet says he gives pain meds so they don't bite at themselves. He says as long as they can't feel it, they won't try to bite at it. Makes sense..
I doubt I'll be able to keep this boy quiet for very long. He follows us everywhere and is always ready to play. Are there any restrictions on walking? We have tons of dogs in our neighborhood and I'm worried about his trying to play with them. I'll probably try to keep him out back and away from all dogs for those two weeks.
Phew! My boys never had stitches or else ripped them out before I saw them (both times I had them done while at the vet's for boarding), and the vets (they were done by 2 different vets) never said to restrict their activity or keep them from licking at the incision. So I didn'tWe didn't cone Kodi (who was neutered a little over a week ago). Our vet said that the stitches are only there for the owners benefit because they don't want to see the opening and our vet doesn't even have any cones for dogs because of that. Our vet automatically gives each neutered dog a shot of antibiotic and said it was okay if Kodi ripped his stitches out. Yes, Kodi ripped out a chunk of his stitches, but he hasn't had any harmful side affects of that, his incision looks good now and he isn't even very sore unless he goes for a long stretch.
If you're referring to my post. . .nope! The incision was wide open! Yucky to look at (like KodiBarracuda said) but they healed up just fine. Livestock and horses are gelded right out there in the field and are let go with no precautions/restrictions. I don't think dogs are so much more delicate. It's not like anything is going to fall out of the incisionInteresting with no functional external stitches... I imagine that everything was inside.
I don't know about your vets but my vet gives a antibiotic during any spay/neuter, sutures or not to prevent just that, an infection.>>> The incision was wide open!
Not arguing, but simply astounded, that something like that would heal easily with no significant worry of infection. When there are sutures, we were always cautioned to keep the site clean and dry.
Guess I'm just a naive city boy![]()
That, and, sometimes an infection-prone wound is kept open, not sutured, because if it gets mildly infected the pus can drain out and the body will heal itself. If it's closed, the pus stays inside and goes septic and becomes much worse.I don't know about your vets but my vet gives a antibiotic during any spay/neuter, sutures or not to prevent just that, an infection.